Kansas Curiosities, 2nd; Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff

by Pam Grout

• ISBN13: 9780762741045
• ISBN10: 076274104X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-10-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

In this thoroughly updated and revised edition, readers will learn how to join in the Ugly Toto Contest; where to meet Martha the bowling ball; and which restaurant offers a full lunch for a buck.

Author Biography

Author Pam Grout grew up in Kansas, and once had a dog named Toto. Back in 1977 she helped set up the state's first tourism department (Kansas was the last of the 50 to have one), and has been an avid promoter since. A frequent contributor to People magazine, she has also written for Travel & Leisure, Family Circle, Outside, and Modern Maturity among other periodicals, and is author of six books.
In between her travels with her daughter, she conducts creativity workshops.

She is the author of You Know You're in Kansas and Colorado Curiosities, both GPP.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	vi
Introduction	viii
More Powerful than a Locomotive, More Liberal than California	xii
Northeast	1	(44)
Lawrence	45	(32)
Southeast	77	(42)
South Central	119	(48)
North Central	167	(44)
Northwest	211	(46)
Southwest	257	(37)
Acknowledgments	294	(1)
Index	295	(9)
Photo Credits	304	(1)
About the Author	305